» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 2,012 Views | | | | | 05-01-2016, 08:34 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Gibsonville Posts: 3 | Hello from hopefully a future owner in NC Hi all, I'm glad to join this fine group. I have been wanting a 318ti for several years now, and can't get it out of my head, so I think I am going to have to act on it at some point. I can't explain what draws me to this car, but nothing else in this price range really appeals to me. Getting a car set up to be able to go to places like VIR would definitely be great, but primarily I am looking for it to be a fun DD that gets better mileage than my Dodge Ram. I may even look at trading one of my dual sport motorcycles for one, we'll see. Thanks! | | | 05-26-2016, 10:56 AM | #2 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: New York Posts: 6 | I thing the 318 is a perfect track car that can store your race wheels since it has a hatch. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk | | | 05-31-2016, 06:55 PM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: michigan Posts: 17 | I just got one two weeks ago. Haven't had this much fun driving in a long time. | | | 06-02-2016, 11:05 PM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Maryland Posts: 13 | 318ti is a real drivers car super fun to drive reminds me alot of my 1969 2002 and e30 really a raw car. | | | 02-03-2017, 03:30 AM | #5 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Gibsonville Posts: 3 | I'm back... ended up buying a '93 Miata instead of an NA, not long after I made this hello post. Since then I put 12,000 miles on it, did some bodywork and had it painted, and sold it for what I had in it almost exactly. And now I'm back here. The Miata was fun, but I didn't love it. One of the main reasons I got rid of it was how it rode on the highway. 4k RPMs, even with cruise control, gets pretty tiring during the course of a 90 mile round trip commute. That's more of an excuse, really. I have looked at other stuff to replace the Miata, but the 318ti is the only one I keep entering in my Craigslist searches. I had to use the Miata money for something else, so it will be a little while, but I think I will end up with a ti this time. | | | 02-03-2017, 08:38 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 702 | Keep up the search! The 318ti does well with keeping up in traffic, getting decent mpg (high 20's), can be a fun momentum car with some suspension work, and have a lot of good practical space. Be warned though that with the stock differential (3.45) you will be reving to 3500rpm at roughly 75mph. With a quiet exhaust I have no problem with it, but when I had a gutted muffler for a little while it was mind numbing. __________________ ***328ti Build thread. *** Even more important: SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 02-05-2017, 01:49 AM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Gibsonville Posts: 3 | Quote: Originally Posted by anassa Keep up the search! The 318ti does well with keeping up in traffic, getting decent mpg (high 20's), can be a fun momentum car with some suspension work, and have a lot of good practical space. Be warned though that with the stock differential (3.45) you will be reving to 3500rpm at roughly 75mph. With a quiet exhaust I have no problem with it, but when I had a gutted muffler for a little while it was mind numbing. | That's ok, I'm coming from a '93 Miata that had 4.30 gears and was at almost 4100RPMs at 75! My daily is a 4 cylinder 5 speed Frontier that turns 3k RPMs at 75, so I don't mind 3500RPMs. | | | 02-22-2017, 09:20 AM | #8 | Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NorCal Posts: 33 | Quote: Originally Posted by anassa Keep up the search! The 318ti does well with keeping up in traffic, getting decent mpg (high 20's), can be a fun momentum car with some suspension work, and have a lot of good practical space. Be warned though that with the stock differential (3.45) you will be reving to 3500rpm at roughly 75mph. With a quiet exhaust I have no problem with it, but when I had a gutted muffler for a little while it was mind numbing. | Yeah, I was about to say, my stock M44 with standard diff always goes to about 4k at 80mph.... You get used to it, huh. Great little cars. Period. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |